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So /sci/, if the universe is run by chaos theory (which it is), which fractal doeth thoust thinketh thar univese's fractal is?

pic not at all related

I'm just tryin to keep this thread alive until I actually get a clear and concise answer

hey, does /sci/ like fractals by any chance?

Hello sci, I'm looking for prefabs and essays and everything important you can tell me about fractals.

Especially how they equate and their relation to successions

>>In calc. 3
>>studying for tomorrow's midterm
>>get a copy of last semester's exam
>>epic win, since it gives me an outline of what to expect
>>see this, no idea what to do:
f(x,y)=e^x(xcosy-ysiny)
Calculate the second order partial derivatives:
A.) d^2f/dxdy
B.) d^2f/dx^2
C.) d^2f/dy^2
>>never done partial derivatives with squares in it; maybe the lack of sleep is making me bug out, idk, but can someone explain how they work. (btw, all those "d's" are partial derivatives)


>>Same problem, asked to verify:
d^2f/dx^2 + d^2f/dy^2 = 0
(looks familiar, is it like Laplaces or some other French guy's name, theorem?) I assume it's easy if I can figure out the above

Can someone please tell me what the Mandelbrot set signifies?

can anyone help?

Find a0, a2, ..., a10 so that
1+x+x^2+...+x^10=a0+a1(x-1)+a2(x-1)^2+...+a10(x-1)^10

the numbers written next to the a are supposed to be subscripts

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/insidenova/2010/10/goodbye-to-the-father-of-fractals.html
may his work be remembered and may he rest in peace.
fractals general

fractals. what can /sci/ tell me about them?

How can such a simple thing be so beautiful?
Any other examples of this?

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Don't mind me, im just sitting here being a simple equation making an infinitely long unsimplifying forever zooming graph

the language of the universe

what does /sci/ think of fractals?

anybody know some good documentary's I can download? looking for something like The Secret Life of Chaos

Good question and one that I wonder why more people arent preoccupied with.
Also, a good question is what is consciousness, why are we self aware.